Forbes LC
Bands: BKBKGKW · Stripes: DB K DB K DG K LB DB K DB K DG K LB
This was sourced from weddslist. It is a 7 band tartan.
Original link http://www.weddslist.com/cgi-bin/tartans/pg.pl?source=rb
Register references
External register numbers recorded for this tartan.
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2540
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 2666
- Scottish Register of Tartans: 3808
- Scottish Tartans Authority (ITI): 218
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1010
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 1585
- Scottish Tartans World Register: 218
Thread count
DB/1 K6 DB6 K6 G6 K1 N/1

Palette
Each colour and its ΔE from the base-6 reference it is a variant of.
| Colour | Shade | Base | ΔE (OKLab) |
|---|---|---|---|
| DB | #00004C #00004C | B #2A418A | 0.21 |
| G | #004C00 #004C00 | G #006100 | 0.07 |
| K | #000000 #000000 | K #000000 | 0.00 |
| N | #D0D0D0 #D0D0D0 | W #F7F7F7 | 0.12 |
Sample pattern

Nearest tartans
The nearest existing variants by ΔTartan distance.
- Forbes LC — ΔT 0.36
- Forbes LC — ΔT 0.36
- Printing Industries of America — ΔT 0.99
- MacCallum — ΔT 1.03
- MacCallum — ΔT 1.05
- MacCallum W — ΔT 1.12
- Forbes Ancient — ΔT 1.17
- Fletcher — ΔT 1.20
- Keith McCormick (Personal) — ΔT 1.20
- Fletcher C — ΔT 1.27
Neighbour map
Every grey dot is one of 14313 variants placed by the first two principal components of the ΔTartan feature space (44% of its variance). Red is this tartan; blue dots are its nearest — click one to open its page.
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